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Eligibe Widows Must File Self Petition by October 28, 2011

September 19th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

USCIS reminds certain eligible widows or widowers of deceased U.S. citizens to file their visa petitions by October 28, 2011 – the deadline imposed by the FY2010 DHS Appropriations Act.  This Act, signed into law by the President on October 28, 2009, removed the requirement that the marriage must have existed for two years before the death of the U.S. citizen spouse in order for the surviving spouse to self-petition for lawful permanent residence status.  The elimination of the so-called "widow penalty" also allows any minor children of the widow(er) to apply for status.  However, the law imposed a two-year deadline to file the petition.  Applicants whose U.S.

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How are Non-citizens Detained by ICE?

June 20th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
The most typical route starts when the non-citizen—this could be an undocumented person, a person with a valid or expired temporary visa or a green gard holder—is already in federal or local law enforcement custody. For instance, the non-citizen was just recently arrested on criminal charges and taken to the county jail, or maybe he or she was already convicted and was serving a sentence. ICE regularly visits jails and interviews inmates to see if they are deportable aliens. The non-citizen may not know he or she is even talking to an ICE officer when they are interviewed!
You may have heard that your loved one had an “ICE hold” placed on him or her when they were in state or federal prison.

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How are Non-citizens Detained by ICE?

June 20th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
The most typical route starts when the non-citizen—this could be an undocumented person, a person with a valid or expired temporary visa or a green gard holder—is already in federal or local law enforcement custody. For instance, the non-citizen was just recently arrested on criminal charges and taken to the county jail, or maybe he or she was already convicted and was serving a sentence. ICE regularly visits jails and interviews inmates to see if they are deportable aliens. The non-citizen may not know he or she is even talking to an ICE officer when they are interviewed!
You may have heard that your loved one had an “ICE hold” placed on him or her when they were in state or federal prison.

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How a Divorce Can Hurt Your Immigration Case

January 5th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Three of the most common times when a divorce can negatively impact a person’s immigration case are: (1) when someone is waiting for their green card (a.k.a. applying to adjust their status); (2) when someone is trying to change a conditional residence status to permanent residence status; and (3) when someone is waiting on their naturalization (citizenship) application.

First, if an immigrant is married to a U.S. citizen and applies for a green card, but divorces the U.S. citizen before the green card is approved, the immigrant will no longer be eligible for a green card. The only exception is when the U.S.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Eligibility for a Green Card through Employment

October 13th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

My last Seattle Immigration Lawyer Blog post provided an introduction to the rather daunting process of obtaining a green card through employment. This post will go a little deeper into the eligibility requirements. Before you consider this route, you must have these two things going for you: a job offer from a U.S.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Asylum Basics

September 23rd, 2010 Tushar Mathur

One way to obtain a green card and eventually to become a naturalized U.S. citizen is to apply for asylum. You can only apply for asylum when you are already in the U.S. or at the border/port of entry. If you are outside the U.S. and outside your home country, you can apply for refugee status—both refugees and asylees must meet the same standards but the process is different—this article will only discuss the steps for an asylee. If you think you may have an asylum claim, you should consult with an immigration lawyer about your specific circumstances.

Qualifications:

To qualify for asylum, you must demonstrate that you are unwilling or unable to return to your home country because of past persecution or a “well-founded fear” of future persecution in your home country based on your race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.

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Process of Green Card for Indian in US

April 26th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

For Indians United States of America always has been a vineyard or the place to achieve all the goals that have been setup in life. These vintage thoughts have always been very prevalent till now. Everyone wants to settle in the supreme country of the world and the thing that guarantees this permanent settlement is called the green card. There are different types of categories in which green cards that are offered by the US and the ones by which Indians get a green card are mainly sponsorship by a family member or an employer and investment as an entrepreneur.

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Why Look For Only a Legal Migration to US

December 24th, 2009 Tushar Mathur


There are some advantages and benefits which are shared here under and for the same one should look out only to avail for opportunities to be a legal immigrant to the United States.

  1. People do know that the illegal immigrants are some what help less and thus they tend to take advantage of the situation. There are many ways in which an illegal immigrant may be exploited. For example over work, underpay, abusing so on and so forth.

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